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.I have enjoyed reading the accounts of the Thanksgiving guest for everyone. I would loved to visit with my gg-grandmother, Leah Johnson Richardson Cook( 1811-1874) the wife of Thomas Bishop Cook(1796-1878) from Shibley's Point in Adair Co. She had came from Maryland through Indiana and finished raising her family in Adair Co. She was married at one time to my gg grandfather Richardson and whatever happened we can not even find his name. Her three sons were very young when she remarried (1835) a young minister and began another family. After moving to Adair Co one of her daughters married after the War (Civil) to a young man ,(Shibley) that had been her neighbor and came to the River Valley in Crawford Co, Arkansas and the next generation started. To make it even better I live off Shibley Road and that was the family she married. > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As obsessed as I am with my own family history, and particularly with the , life of my maternal grandmother who died just before my birth, I found her diary, 1921-26, a bit boringly mundane, sparked here and there with true gems of accounts (i.e., eye-witness account of the still birth of a grandchild, 1925 visit to her daughter and family in Hawaii, break-up of her 2nd marriage.) It's an invaluable window into the soul and life of a woman who had her dull periods and noteworthy ones, too. Maybe she could have made her diary entries less a day-by-day record of breathing in and breathing out, and more anecdotal. Her diary is a bit of an ordeal to read thoroughly; too much so to interest her great grandchildren and their offspring. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

I agree that day-by-day is can be pretty tedious most of the time! A diary of most of the days of my life would be getting the one child ready for school, trying to keep the two-year-old from wrecking the house, doing dishes, paying bills, cooking, cleaning and really thrilling stuff like that! That's why I just write the kids letters every few weeks in their journals--hopefully it is a little less mind-numbing that way! I'm sure they'll let me know when they're older. Still, it is wonderful that you have your grandmother's diary and have the chance to see into her life. I'm sure she wrote it for herself, without the editing that she might have done for the sake of others, so you have a clear picture of how she experienced her life. Perhaps you could photocopy parts of it to create an "abridged" version of it to pass on to the great grandchildren; if they are still interested they could read the whole thing--you never know who the next family historian may be! Chris On Nov 30, 2007, at 8:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: > As obsessed as I am with my own family history, and particularly with > the , > life of my maternal grandmother who died just before my birth, I found > her > diary, 1921-26, a bit boringly mundane, sparked here and there with > true gems > of accounts (i.e., eye-witness account of the still birth of a > grandchild, > 1925 visit to her daughter and family in Hawaii, break-up of her 2nd > marriage.) > It's an invaluable window into the soul and life of a woman who had > her dull > periods and noteworthy ones, too. Maybe she could have made her diary > entries > less a day-by-day record of breathing in and breathing out, and more > anecdotal. Her diary is a bit of an ordeal to read thoroughly; too > much so to > interest her great grandchildren and their offspring. > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

What a wonderful sentiment! My children are young--2 and 6 years--and I keep hand written journals for them (that I'm rather behind on at the moment) that I jot down "letters" to them of what is going on in our lives as a family, like going to my sister's for Thanksgiving or having the vet out for one of the horses, where grandma is going on her trip or where the first graders went on their field trip, their cousin going into the Army or the way the 2 year old pronounces the word "peanuts." We aren't talking high-flying excitement here, just everyday life, and hopefully I can write to them at least once a month. I don't know if they'll ever care, but maybe they'll find something interesting to look back on or perhaps one of their children will. If nothing else, then at least I am exercising my writing skills! Anyway, it was reading stories of some of my ancestors, and my interest in old family photos, that got me interested in genealogy! Perhaps if we remember we are witnesses to history, it will be easier to remember that our own stories, even if our lives aren't really exciting to us, have a place in the stories of our family tree. Thank you for reminding us of the importance of family stories! I'm going to put working on the kids' journals on my to-do list for today! Christine Dale On Nov 29, 2007, at 9:56 PM, Joanne Morgan wrote: > If I could have a Thanksgiving guest and ask her questions, I'd get my > paternal grandmother, Emma Rosetta Lewis Scobee.. and what I wouldn't > give to have that chance. Unfortunately, she died in 1960 and the sad > thing is, I knew her. I could have asked her all the questions then, > but I wasn't interested. Actually, it isn't that I wasn't interested, > I just never thought a thing about my ancestry. How I wish I'd had her > tell me stories about her life and the struggles she had. She was born > fairly well to do and at 15, got pregnant by my then 25 year old and > extremely poor grandfather. How her parents hated him. I can > understand why. She never stopped loving him until the day she died. > We could torture the poor old soul by telling her that he probably had > girlfriends in heaven and she was still jealous. Her married life was > hard. She had 10 children and raised 2 of them to adulthood. When she > was old and sick and unable to take care of herself there was only 1 > who would take > her in, and that was my dad. I got to live with her for a few weeks > until my uncles had a fit when they learned that she would lose her > pension if she wasn't in a nursing home, and they came and took her > away from us and we never saw her alive again. She didn't last long in > the nursing home. She was so sad. She'd sacrified her life to raise > them and that was the thanks she got for it. I don't understand the > big deal about the money she would have lost. They didn't get it > anyway as it went to pay the nursing home fees. > I've missed her all these years, it's been nearly 50 now. What I > wouldn't give to be able to have her with me just 1 more day. > I try to explain all this to my grandchildren and tell them stories, > but they don't want to listen. I tell them anyway, for they may grow > up to care like I did. To me, my life hasn't been very interesting, > but I know a lot of funny, embarrassing and interesting stories from > my mother's family that I can tell. > 1 girl cares. She wants me to write them all down so she will never > forget them. Maybe that's something we should all think about doing. > Writing down every story you've ever heard told in your family. Even > your own. > I'm thankful that when my mother began realizing that her memory > wasn't what it used to be, she got out a pen and paper and wrote down > everything she could. I have that book typed up and I will be taking > it to the nursing home where she is. She doesn't know me or who I am, > and doesn't remember her own name, but perhaps reading about her old > life will jog something for her. > Computers and emails are fun, but you know, think what is being > lost. Our handwriting. Letters to hold and read that were touched and > written by those we loved. What happens to all this information we put > on the web? Someday it will be gone into the cyberspace archives, but > the letters I read, written by hand, from WWII are something special > to me. > Yes, I miss my grandmother and all the stories she could have, but > didn't tell me. I don't want my grandchildren or great grandchildren > to miss out. I think I'm going to get out a pen and paper right now > and start with what I can recall tonight. Tomorrow I'll remember > something else and I'll add it in. I'll save it in a safe and > fireproof place for all to read when I am gone. The "good old times" > before there were computers, microwaves, men on the moon, televisions, > back when polio was something we feared every dog day of summer. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

If I could have a Thanksgiving guest and ask her questions, I'd get my paternal grandmother, Emma Rosetta Lewis Scobee.. and what I wouldn't give to have that chance. Unfortunately, she died in 1960 and the sad thing is, I knew her. I could have asked her all the questions then, but I wasn't interested. Actually, it isn't that I wasn't interested, I just never thought a thing about my ancestry. How I wish I'd had her tell me stories about her life and the struggles she had. She was born fairly well to do and at 15, got pregnant by my then 25 year old and extremely poor grandfather. How her parents hated him. I can understand why. She never stopped loving him until the day she died. We could torture the poor old soul by telling her that he probably had girlfriends in heaven and she was still jealous. Her married life was hard. She had 10 children and raised 2 of them to adulthood. When she was old and sick and unable to take care of herself there was only 1 who would take her in, and that was my dad. I got to live with her for a few weeks until my uncles had a fit when they learned that she would lose her pension if she wasn't in a nursing home, and they came and took her away from us and we never saw her alive again. She didn't last long in the nursing home. She was so sad. She'd sacrified her life to raise them and that was the thanks she got for it. I don't understand the big deal about the money she would have lost. They didn't get it anyway as it went to pay the nursing home fees. I've missed her all these years, it's been nearly 50 now. What I wouldn't give to be able to have her with me just 1 more day. I try to explain all this to my grandchildren and tell them stories, but they don't want to listen. I tell them anyway, for they may grow up to care like I did. To me, my life hasn't been very interesting, but I know a lot of funny, embarrassing and interesting stories from my mother's family that I can tell. 1 girl cares. She wants me to write them all down so she will never forget them. Maybe that's something we should all think about doing. Writing down every story you've ever heard told in your family. Even your own. I'm thankful that when my mother began realizing that her memory wasn't what it used to be, she got out a pen and paper and wrote down everything she could. I have that book typed up and I will be taking it to the nursing home where she is. She doesn't know me or who I am, and doesn't remember her own name, but perhaps reading about her old life will jog something for her. Computers and emails are fun, but you know, think what is being lost. Our handwriting. Letters to hold and read that were touched and written by those we loved. What happens to all this information we put on the web? Someday it will be gone into the cyberspace archives, but the letters I read, written by hand, from WWII are something special to me. Yes, I miss my grandmother and all the stories she could have, but didn't tell me. I don't want my grandchildren or great grandchildren to miss out. I think I'm going to get out a pen and paper right now and start with what I can recall tonight. Tomorrow I'll remember something else and I'll add it in. I'll save it in a safe and fireproof place for all to read when I am gone. The "good old times" before there were computers, microwaves, men on the moon, televisions, back when polio was something we feared every dog day of summer.

If I could have an ancestor as a Thanksgiving guest, I'd love to have my great-great-grandfather, Phillip DALE. There would be so many questions I'd like to ask him! Where exactly was he born? How, where and when did his first wife Nancy die? What were all the names of the children from his first marriage? What year did he and his second wife, Polly CHAMBERS actually marry? What happened to them in Adair county--did they lose all their land in 1860 and why? Did they stay, did they move, did they live with their daughter? What happened to their two youngest children, Elijah and George? And about another thousand questions! I'd be too busy asking questions to let the poor man eat dinner! Christine Dale

Malisa Hurlburt Osborne as my guest: my question would be, who was your husband, if you had one, who is the father of my grandfather, Lewis Wright Osborne? Did his father really come from Wales? I went to Wales to the village area Lewis talked of... and my son looked like the people there... and they spoke to both of us assuming we would understand. Who really was Jonathan Osborne? Why did he leave you in Adair Co. and go with his sons and daughter Effie Truitt to Joseph Oregon? Were you really one family? Guess that is more than one question -- but how I would like to know everything about him. Dr. Melissa Osborne / Mrs. Walter Ashby Rhame II 5490 Randolph Street Rembert SC 29128 803-499-4150 [email protected] **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

I have a great gg whose maiden name was Lucy Warwick. One of her children was James D. Hatfield of Novinger and Connelsville. Would there be a connection here with your Warwick? Would appreciate hearing from you. Judy Henderosn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald F. Pickett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [MOADAIR] Ancestor as a Thanksgiving Guest > My request would be for JOHN WATSON WARWICK to visit. I would love to ask > him how many times he went back and forth to England with children in tow > and why before settling down in Novinger, MO. Since they must have > travelled down the St. Lawrence Seaway since my grandmother, MINNIE > WARWICK BATLEY, and her sister were born in Sherbrooke,Quebec, Canada, > was that a convient route? Also I would like to ask my other > great-grandfather, CHARLES HENRY BATLEY where he came from in England? > > Cindy Batley Pickett > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My request would be for JOHN WATSON WARWICK to visit. I would love to ask him how many times he went back and forth to England with children in tow and why before settling down in Novinger, MO. Since they must have travelled down the St. Lawrence Seaway since my grandmother, MINNIE WARWICK BATLEY, and her sister were born in Sherbrooke,Quebec, Canada, was that a convient route? Also I would like to ask my other great-grandfather, CHARLES HENRY BATLEY where he came from in England? Cindy Batley Pickett

I would like to receive the table os contance [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Doerr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: [MOADAIR] Family-History Leads - Missouri > Hi > > Family-History Leads - Missouri > > Below are Tables of Contents for the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal for 2007. > If you would like to receive regularly the quarterly Tables of Contents for the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, just reply. (No charge.) > > Below the Tables of Contents are links, yes, some of them of my doing. > > MISSOURI STATE GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL TABLES OF CONTENTS - 2007 > > President's Message - A Unique Opportunity 2 > Editorial - Government benefits family historians. 3 > William Nash Moore's Memories 4 > Legal Change Of Names In Missouri Prior To 1868 7 > Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (1/4) 13 > Burned To Death - Mrs. Mary Gibbons 17 > St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church Washington, Franklin County, Missouri Births & Baptisms 1893 18 > Lafayette Wilcox Suicide 21 > I Want It All 22 > Wants To Compromise - Cummings 23 > Grand Army Of The Republic, Post No. 240, Boonville, Mo. 24 > An Old Bloody Feud - Afflick - Riley 27 > Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (1/4) 28 > A Suspicious Death - Wm. Brown, 1897 30 > Hilderbrand - The Desperado 31 > Extracts, Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (1/4) 33 > Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (1/3) 38 > Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (1/4) 42 > Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (1/4) 44 > Golden Wedding - Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Schriefer 49 > Obituary - Colonel Ira H. Ellis 50 > Tiogeeeee Or Not? Analyzing A Place Of Birth 51 > Eight Deaths - Rouse, Henning, Woods, Morgan, Newbrough, Jones, Maupin, Thompson, 1898 52 > Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (1/4) 53 > The Union Responds (1/3) 57 > Father [Wm. J. Thomas] Kills His Children - 1899 59 > Forbis family Bible 60 > Extracts, Jeffersonian Republican, May 1843-Aug 1844 62 > > President's Message - Musings from Virginia 66 > Editorial - Take The Broad View 67 > Visiting An Ancestor's Place Of Birth Can Yield Surprising Information And Treasures 68 > Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (2/3) 72 > Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (2/4) 76 > More Born In Tiogeeeee . . . Follow Up 80 > Prisoners From Alton 82 > Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (2/4) 84 > Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (2/4) 89 > St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church Washington, Franklin County, Missouri Births & Baptisms, 1894 92 > Some Released Prisoners (1862) 94 > Death Of A. Eddleman [1821-1901] 95 > Obituary - Abraham Eddleman 95 > Presbyterian Church, Price's Branch, Montgomery County, Mo., 1867-1907 96 > Suicide Of Frederick Rust 98 > The Oft-Married Sarah 99 > A Centenarian (Mrs. Elizabeth Owen) , 1875 101 > Some Boone County Citizens [born before 1840] 102 > Body Mangled By Hogs - Henry Fink, 1898 103 > Missouri State News From The Craig Leader, 1887 (2/4) 104 > Sam. Hilderbrand 111 > Hilderbrand - Sheriff's Posse Fired Upon - Bowen's Horse Shot And Himself Wounded 112 > Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (2/4) 113 > Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (2/4) 116 > Mrs. Ann Waters [1805-1905] Dead 119 > Linn County, Missouri Letters Of Administration, Volume A (1840-1855) 120 > Queries, Edited by Juanita Mallory 127 > > President's Message - Taking Stock 130 > Bringing Our 19th Century Immigrants To Life 131 > Deed, New Madrid County, 1817 138 > Genealogy Misconceptions 139 > Obituaries - Carter, Edmonston, 1899 140 > The Hilderbrand Hunt 141 > St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, > Births & Baptisms, 1895 142 > Ink's Battalion 144 > Freight Train Collision [Harry Carter Dead] 145 > Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (3/3) 146 > New Providence Baptist Church, Hough Station, Mississippi County, Mo. 150 > Dry Fork Church Of Primitive Baptists, Lake Spring, Mo. 153 > Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (3/4) 156 > Automatic Translation 159 > Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (3/4) 160 > Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (3/4) 164 > Two Fishermen [Miller And Brooks] Drowned 168 > Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (3/4) 169 > Deaths -Sep 1861 172 > Rushing Around To Figure Sarah Out 173 > Errata Re Vol. XXVII, No. 2 174 > Chapman School, Benton County, Mo., 1890-1896 175 > An Interesting Account (G.A.R., Hermitage, Mo.) 177 > The Union Responds (3/3) 178 > Two Men [Moroney And Donegan] Murdered, 1864 180 > Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (3/4) 181 > Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (3/4) 186 > The Boone's Lick Settlement 190 > Queries, Edited by Juanita Mallory 192 > > Officers and Directors Inside Front Cover > President's Message, Going Virtual to Survive 194 > Battle At Springfield 195 > Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (4/4) 197 > Elizabeth And Joseph Wood 202 > Hilderbrand 206 > Death Of Mrs. Mosby 208 > Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (4/4) 209 > More Chasing The Ever-Changing Chaneys 213 > Attended His Own Funeral And Lives 215 > Missouri White Caps 215 > The Reality Of Sarah's Realty 216 > Fatal Accident In The Woods - Henson 217 > Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (4/4) 218 > Sudden Death Of Sam Bounds 221 > St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, > Births & Baptisms 1896 222 > Sudden Death Of Jas. E. Dickey - 1898 225 > Presbyterian Church, Price's Branch, Montgomery County, Mo. 1867-1907 226 > One Cent Reward - Silvers 228 > Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (4/4) 229 > Ernst Winter - Auguste Therese Sprenger Wedding 230 > Aldrich Post 536, GAR, Polk County, Mo. 231 > Officers Who Have Filed Oaths 232 > Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (4/4) 233 > She (Mrs. Woodsworth) Came Here First In 1833 235 > Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (4/4) 236 > Horror! Horror! (Spencer Family Murdered) 239 > Officers, Missouri National Guard, 1890 240 > Infant Baptisms, Brush Creek Presbyterian Church, Montgomery County 244 > Is Genealogy Bunk? 245 > Update re Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry 246 > Book Reviews, by Angela McComas 247 > Annual Indexes 249 > > > You may enjoy the following web pages: > > Tables of Contents, and Surname Index, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, 1981-2006: > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/JournalSurnameIndex.htm > > To subscribe (free) to the Missouri State Genealogical Association blog: > http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailconfirm?k=FFfcwA7_Uh&i=4337596 > (You or your group will probably want to psot notices here.) > > Missouri State Genealogical Association: > http://www.mosga.org > > Major family-history page: > http://www.genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/ > > St. Louis 1860 City Directory: > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/1860CyDir/1860CD.htm > > St. Louis Post-Dispatch death data, 1975 thru June 1977: > http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/P-D/PD75-77.htm > > > > Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > Sole surviving founding officer, Missouri Chapter, Nature Conservancy, 1956 > http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/missouri/ > Latest completed project: http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/1860CyDir/1860CD.htm > Editor, since 1992, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal > http://www.mosga.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Mr. Doerr, I would like to receive the quarterly Table of Contents of the Missouri State Genealogical Journal. Thank you. Michael Bergmire Ballwin, MO 63011-3818

Hi Family-History Leads - Missouri Below are Tables of Contents for the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal for 2007. If you would like to receive regularly the quarterly Tables of Contents for the Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, just reply. (No charge.) Below the Tables of Contents are links, yes, some of them of my doing. MISSOURI STATE GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL TABLES OF CONTENTS - 2007 President's Message - A Unique Opportunity 2 Editorial - Government benefits family historians. 3 William Nash Moore's Memories 4 Legal Change Of Names In Missouri Prior To 1868 7 Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (1/4) 13 Burned To Death - Mrs. Mary Gibbons 17 St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church Washington, Franklin County, Missouri Births & Baptisms 1893 18 Lafayette Wilcox Suicide 21 I Want It All 22 Wants To Compromise - Cummings 23 Grand Army Of The Republic, Post No. 240, Boonville, Mo. 24 An Old Bloody Feud - Afflick - Riley 27 Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (1/4) 28 A Suspicious Death - Wm. Brown, 1897 30 Hilderbrand - The Desperado 31 Extracts, Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (1/4) 33 Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (1/3) 38 Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (1/4) 42 Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (1/4) 44 Golden Wedding - Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Schriefer 49 Obituary - Colonel Ira H. Ellis 50 Tiogeeeee Or Not? Analyzing A Place Of Birth 51 Eight Deaths - Rouse, Henning, Woods, Morgan, Newbrough, Jones, Maupin, Thompson, 1898 52 Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (1/4) 53 The Union Responds (1/3) 57 Father [Wm. J. Thomas] Kills His Children - 1899 59 Forbis family Bible 60 Extracts, Jeffersonian Republican, May 1843-Aug 1844 62 President's Message - Musings from Virginia 66 Editorial - Take The Broad View 67 Visiting An Ancestor's Place Of Birth Can Yield Surprising Information And Treasures 68 Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (2/3) 72 Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (2/4) 76 More Born In Tiogeeeee . . . Follow Up 80 Prisoners From Alton 82 Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (2/4) 84 Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (2/4) 89 St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church Washington, Franklin County, Missouri Births & Baptisms, 1894 92 Some Released Prisoners (1862) 94 Death Of A. Eddleman [1821-1901] 95 Obituary - Abraham Eddleman 95 Presbyterian Church, Price's Branch, Montgomery County, Mo., 1867-1907 96 Suicide Of Frederick Rust 98 The Oft-Married Sarah 99 A Centenarian (Mrs. Elizabeth Owen) , 1875 101 Some Boone County Citizens [born before 1840] 102 Body Mangled By Hogs - Henry Fink, 1898 103 Missouri State News From The Craig Leader, 1887 (2/4) 104 Sam. Hilderbrand 111 Hilderbrand - Sheriff's Posse Fired Upon - Bowen's Horse Shot And Himself Wounded 112 Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (2/4) 113 Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (2/4) 116 Mrs. Ann Waters [1805-1905] Dead 119 Linn County, Missouri Letters Of Administration, Volume A (1840-1855) 120 Queries, Edited by Juanita Mallory 127 President's Message - Taking Stock 130 Bringing Our 19th Century Immigrants To Life 131 Deed, New Madrid County, 1817 138 Genealogy Misconceptions 139 Obituaries - Carter, Edmonston, 1899 140 The Hilderbrand Hunt 141 St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, Births & Baptisms, 1895 142 Ink's Battalion 144 Freight Train Collision [Harry Carter Dead] 145 Births And Baptisms, Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church, Bois Brulé/Belgique, Perry County, Missouri, 1897-1911 (3/3) 146 New Providence Baptist Church, Hough Station, Mississippi County, Mo. 150 Dry Fork Church Of Primitive Baptists, Lake Spring, Mo. 153 Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (3/4) 156 Automatic Translation 159 Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (3/4) 160 Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (3/4) 164 Two Fishermen [Miller And Brooks] Drowned 168 Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (3/4) 169 Deaths -Sep 1861 172 Rushing Around To Figure Sarah Out 173 Errata Re Vol. XXVII, No. 2 174 Chapman School, Benton County, Mo., 1890-1896 175 An Interesting Account (G.A.R., Hermitage, Mo.) 177 The Union Responds (3/3) 178 Two Men [Moroney And Donegan] Murdered, 1864 180 Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (3/4) 181 Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (3/4) 186 The Boone's Lick Settlement 190 Queries, Edited by Juanita Mallory 192 Officers and Directors Inside Front Cover President's Message, Going Virtual to Survive 194 Battle At Springfield 195 Missouri State News From The Craig Leader (4/4) 197 Elizabeth And Joseph Wood 202 Hilderbrand 206 Death Of Mrs. Mosby 208 Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry And Marriage (4/4) 209 More Chasing The Ever-Changing Chaneys 213 Attended His Own Funeral And Lives 215 Missouri White Caps 215 The Reality Of Sarah's Realty 216 Fatal Accident In The Woods - Henson 217 Democratic Standard, Fredericktown, Mo., Jun 1882 - 08 Aug 1885 (4/4) 218 Sudden Death Of Sam Bounds 221 St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, Births & Baptisms 1896 222 Sudden Death Of Jas. E. Dickey - 1898 225 Presbyterian Church, Price's Branch, Montgomery County, Mo. 1867-1907 226 One Cent Reward - Silvers 228 Births And Baptisms, Lippstadt Evangelical Church, Warren County, 1849-1863 (4/4) 229 Ernst Winter - Auguste Therese Sprenger Wedding 230 Aldrich Post 536, GAR, Polk County, Mo. 231 Officers Who Have Filed Oaths 232 Some Missouri Deaths, 1897, The Kansas City Journal (4/4) 233 She (Mrs. Woodsworth) Came Here First In 1833 235 Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Linn County, Mo., 1867-70 (4/4) 236 Horror! Horror! (Spencer Family Murdered) 239 Officers, Missouri National Guard, 1890 240 Infant Baptisms, Brush Creek Presbyterian Church, Montgomery County 244 Is Genealogy Bunk? 245 Update re Allied Families In Smith Jackson's Ancestry 246 Book Reviews, by Angela McComas 247 Annual Indexes 249 You may enjoy the following web pages: Tables of Contents, and Surname Index, Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal, 1981-2006: http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/JournalSurnameIndex.htm To subscribe (free) to the Missouri State Genealogical Association blog: http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailconfirm?k=FFfcwA7_Uh&i=4337596 (You or your group will probably want to psot notices here.) 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There remains a mystery as to where my Grandfather John GILSON b.1814Columbiana County, Ohio. He died between 1880 & 1885. If it were possible I would love to have a conversation with my Great Grandmother EDNA (HUNTER) GILSON, married to JOHN GILSON in 1862 Greene County, Indiana, because only her or her children would know for sure where John had died. In 1862 John Gilson married Edney Hunter, daughter of Andrew & Sydney (Stalcup) Hunter. There were five children, Millicent Ann - 1862, George - 1864, Joshua - 1866 and Oliver Perry GILSON - 1867 were all born in Indiana prior to the family moving on to Adair County Missouri. In 1868, John Gilson Jr. was born in Iowa. Between 1868 & 1880 the family moved to Adair County Missouri where they show up on the 1880 Census. The family now is joined by more children, Mary Alice - 1875, Daniel Martin - 1876 and Thomas Levi GILSON- 1878 who were all born in Adair Co. Missouri. According to Mary Alice, the family moved from MO. to Nebraska City. NE. in 1879. However we still find John & Edna listed at Adair Co. MO. in 1880. There were indications that the family had moved into the town of Nebraska City, Nebraska, prior to 1885 with or without John, but only Edna or her children will ever know for sure. In 1885 Edna is listed on the Nebraska State census as living in Four mile Prescient as a widow. This indicates that John GILSON died between 1880 and 1885. Dave Chandler - [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

The Adair County connected guests I would invite to Thanksgiving dinner are my great-grandparents, Enoch Beery Seitz (1846-1883) and Anna Elizabeth Kerlin Seitz (1854-1918) I would ask Enoch two things. First is about his mathematical education. By all accounts he was a self-taught mathematician who was professor of mathematics at the state Normal School in Kirksville at the time of his death. He was the fith American admitted to the London Mathematical Society. His specialty was probability. I'd like to know how he taught himself so much math. Second is a related question concerning his one year of college at Ohio Wesleyan. Most accounts say he attended to study math; however, his older brother wrote a letter many years after Enoch's death that said Enoch went to college to study subjects other than math. Is the brother correct? As for his widow, Anna, I'd like to know all about her second time in Kirksville from about 1893 to 1901. She came to teach at the Normal School and was supposedly in charge of its demonstration school. But she also became a doctor of osteopathy during that period. In addition, her three surviving sons attended the normal school during this time period. I want to know exactly what she was doing when. -- Karl Seitz >Hello Everyone, > >Those of us who live in the US, are celebrating Thanksgiving this >weekend. With it being harder than ever to get everyone together, >there will be special family >gatherings from this evening (Wed) all the way through Sunday. > >If you can find a little time, please tell us which of your >ancestors (pertaining to this list's interest) you'd like to be able >to visit with during your celebration. Let us know what things >you'd like to discuss with this ancestor and why. > >It would be wise to change the subject line before sending your information. > >Leslie

I'd like to meet my grandfather's brother, John F. Miller, who was in the harness business for 52 years. He was born in LaPort, Indiana in 1875. The family moved to Missouri when he was young and he lived in Rothville and Marceline before marrying a Mary GEARYin about 1902. They had one daughter, Lucille, born in 1903. John Miller was a business man and harness dealer in Kirksville from 1912 to 1947, the year he passed away. He had a huge harness shop at 212 N. Elson Street, I have a wonderful photo of the interior of the shop. I would love to visit and ask him about his business and why he chose to stay in Missouri when most of his family immigrated to Alberta, Canada in 1905, after his mother died. Of his 10 siblings, 5 of his brothers and 2 of his sisters, along with their father, moved to the Blackfalds area of Central Alberta. What made him stay in Missouri? Did his widow, Mary, stay in Kirksville and when did she die? His daughter married in about 1929, to a Dr. Casimir Bisson and moved to Skowhegan, Maine. I've inquired to the Adair Co. Library earlier, and they kindly sent me John Miller's obituary, but I've found nothing else on this family other than the 1910, 1920, and 1930 census. In his obituary it states that he was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and was a past master of the A. F. & A. M. No. 105. It states that his nephew, also named John Miller, purchased his business only a few months before his death. I've not been able to find anything about their only grandson, John Edward Bisson, born in 1933. He could still be living. Any help or suggestions to find out more would be gratefully appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving. Judy Blackfalds, Alberta, Canada

My request would be for Robert SAMUELS to be our guest. I would love to know if he is a relative and who he married first. Bud. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 2:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: MOADAIR Digest, Vol 1, Issue 24 Today's Topics: 1. Ancestor as a Thanksgiving Guest (Leslie Kohler) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:49:34 -0500 From: Leslie Kohler <[email protected]> Subject: [MOADAIR] Ancestor as a Thanksgiving Guest To: MoAdair <[email protected]>, moboone <[email protected]>, MoCarrol <[email protected]>, molafaye <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello Everyone, Those of us who live in the US, are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend. With it being harder than ever to get everyone together, there will be special family gatherings from this evening (Wed) all the way through Sunday. If you can find a little time, please tell us which of your ancestors (pertaining to this list's interest) you'd like to be able to visit with during your celebration. Let us know what things you'd like to discuss with this ancestor and why. It would be wise to change the subject line before sending your information. Leslie ------------------------------ To contact the MOADAIR list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the MOADAIR mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MOADAIR Digest, Vol 1, Issue 24 **************************************

Hello Everyone, Those of us who live in the US, are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend. With it being harder than ever to get everyone together, there will be special family gatherings from this evening (Wed) all the way through Sunday. If you can find a little time, please tell us which of your ancestors (pertaining to this list's interest) you'd like to be able to visit with during your celebration. Let us know what things you'd like to discuss with this ancestor and why. It would be wise to change the subject line before sending your information. Leslie

Look for Mid-wife certs. My Mom had one from Adair Co. and finally needed a birth cert. when she retired. The state sent her a birth cert. She was born on a farm just otside Novenger. --- Sandra Stanton <[email protected]> wrote: > You might try for a Delayed or Special Certificate > of > Birth. My mother was born 1905 in Macon County, but > got her delayed birth certificate in Adair County in > 1953. The certificate is from the State Registrar of > Vital Statistics in Jefferson City, MO. > --- cminor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The State has documents before, they just aren't > on > > line. > > Try emailing them. > > > > You might also try asking the Adair County > > Historical Society: > > http://www.adrcohs.org/ > > They will charge a small fee if they find > > something. > > > > Claudia > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Claudia, thank you for the information about > > the court houses. I really > > appreciate it. Since my Mother was born in 1906, I > > guess I am out of luck. My > > grandmother was married in Connelsville in 1904 > and > > I have a certificate, but it > > does not have any witness information on it, or > > signed so I thought if I > > could find the original one it would be great. > > I am trying to find out information about my side > of > > the family. William > > Megrew (Mcgrew) had a daughter Rebecca MeGrew who > > married William Hall and they > > lived on William Megrew's farm for awhile. The had > > three children there, one > > Bertie (Bert C. Hall) and he married my > Grandmother > > Ora Maud Goucher in > > Connelsville. So I guess my G Grandfather Stephen > > Goucher and wife Rachel Isabell > > Oswalt lived there too, or surounding areas. > > If you can find any information on these people in > > newspapers or records, I > > would appreciate it. I will pay for anything you > > find. I have found the birth > > record of Bert Hall and a death certificate on > their > > first child Clifford who > > died. > > Thank you for any information you might have. > > Pat > > [email protected] com. > > > > > > ************************************** > > Get a sneak peek of > > the all-new AOL at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html

I am looking for a obit for: Jethro Alva COULSON who died 7 June 1942. Any help or information that will help me would be appreciated. Thank you. Bobbie